active labour force

基本解释

In the OECD, a club of mostly rich countries, 61% of women are active in the labour force.
在經郃組織（一個多數爲富國的俱樂部）成員國中，61%的婦女是活躍勞動力。
It elabourates that the regional labour force mobility is a factor of economic growth in China; the more active labour force flows, the higher economic growth level will be;
在中國，區域勞動力流動的變化是影響經濟增長水平變化的因素之一：地區勞動力流動越活躍，經濟增長的水平越高；
Third, the active labour force will increase by 650 thousands in 2006-2050, so the quality of human resources will have more and more influence on the economical development of Tibet in the future;
2050年勞動適齡人口將增加65萬，勞動力資源質量的高低對西藏未來經濟的發展影響越來越大；

This happens when there are relatively few children (because of the fall in fertility), relatively few older people (because of higher mortality previously), and lots of economically active adults, including, often, many women, who enter the labour force in large numbers for the first time.
ECONOMIST: Demography
The ranks of the unemployed are often replenished by those moving from outside the labour force—that is, from not looking for work at all—into active jobseeking.
ECONOMIST: An intractable problem is getting worse